[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 11258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4522]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal--State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Tribal-State Compact for Regulation 
of Class III Gaming between the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon and the State of Oregon is considered to have 
been approved and is in effect.

DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and 
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA) Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice 
of any compact that is approved, or considered to have been approved, 
for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian 
lands. The compact authorizes up to 2,000 video lottery terminals, up 
to 70 table games, and establishes the Oregon Benefit Fund to receive 
payments from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
based upon certain percentages of net win. The gaming facility 
authorized by this Compact shall be located on certain lands in Cascade 
Locks, Oregon, but only if all of the following occur: (1) The Cascade 
Locks lands are acquired in trust by the Secretary for the tribe; and 
(2) the Secretary issues a favorable ``two-part determination,'' under 
Section 20 of IGRA, 25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(A), finding that gaming on the 
Cascade Locks lands is in the best interest of the tribe and not 
detrimental to the surrounding community; and (3) the Governor of the 
State of Oregon concurs with the Secretary's two-part determination 
within 180 days of receiving the Secretary's request for his 
concurrence. See 25 CFR 292.23. The Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior, through his delegated authority, 
did not approve or disapprove the compact within 45 days after the date 
the compact was received. Therefore, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
2710(d)(7)(C), the compact is considered to have been approved, but 
only to the extent it is consistent with IGRA.

    Dated: February 17, 2011.
Donald Laverdure,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-4522 Filed 2-28-11; 8:45 am]
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